Combined soap receptacle, drain therefor, and air vent



Oct. 5, 1937. w. c. GROENIGER COMBINED SOAP RECE PTACLE, .DRAIN THEREFOR, AND AIR VENT Filed Nov. 22, 1935 INVENTOR- Willi m C. G

Patented Oct. 5, 1937 UNITED STATES hail FATE? COMBINED soar RECEPTACLE, DRAIN THEREFOR, AND AIR VENT William C. Groeniger,

Columbus, Ohio, assignor Application November 22, 1935, Serial No."51,01 i

Claims.

My present invention relates to plumbing devices and more particularly to an improved combined soap receptacle and drain therefor.

In my U. S. Patent No. 2,036,692, issued April 5 7th, 1936, and entitled Double sink, I have described and claimed an improved double sink, and in my copending application Serial No. 29,904, filed July 5th, 1935, entitled Shear gate valve for dual receptacles, I have described and claimed an improved form of shear gate valve.

This shear gate valve is adapted for use in the double sink. As a necessary adjunct to the shear gate there is provided a bearing member for the operating handle thereof.

In my copending application Serial No. 159,610, above referred to, I have utilized as the bearing member, a cover plate for the upper open end of the space between adjacent sink bowls, such open space communicating with a common outlet for the double sink. Also, I have incorporated in the cover plate a drainage member, such drainage member being slightly depressed from the upper face of the cover plate.

In my present invention I utilize the cover plate as a soap holder, and attain the advantages of use readily from either sink. I provide also perforations in such soap holder to communicate with the space between adjacent sinks for maintaining the soap holder in sanitary condition.

An object of my invention is an improved combined soap holder, drain therefor, and air vent.

An object of my invention is an improved ventilated cover plate for a drain having a soap holder in combination therewith.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. l is a plan view of a double sink showing my invention mounted in a partition dividing two sinks;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on 45 the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, l0 designates a double sink having the sink compartments II and I2 arranged side by side, the sink in at its rear face being provided with the usual splash apron l3. In the arrangement shown, adjacent to the compartments I2, is a drainor drip portion M. In the exemplification shown in Fig. 1, the compartments of the double sink being arranged side by side, the compartment H is a laundry sink, while the compartment I2 is the usual kitchen sink having associated therewith, the drip board M. The compartments ii and K2 are separated from each other by the partition E5.

The partition [5 is hollow, and is formed to provide an'outlet chamber it as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The chamber it communicates at its lower end with an outlet sump ll, provided at its lower end with an orifice 39 to which connections with the usual outlet riser are made. Transversely of the length of the chamber it and intermediate its ends is a partition wall it! dividing the chamber l6 into two parts. The compartment ii communicates with one of the parts of the chamber in and the compartment l2 communicates with the other part of the chamber i5.

The outlet between the compartment l2 and the adjacent portion of the chamber it is indicated in dotted line in Fig. 2 by the reference numeral 59. shear gate Valve 20 similar to the shear gate valve shown and described in my copending application Serial No. 29,904, above referred to. Forming part of the shear gate valve arrangement is a connecting rod 2i and the operating plunger 22.

The upper end of the chamber it is open and the sides of the dividing wall It which define such chamber laterally terminate at a distance below the closed upper surface of the adjacent portions of the dividing wall it, as indicated by the reference numeral 23 in Fig. 2.

Closing and covering the depressed open upper end of the chamber i6 is a combined soap receptacle, a drain, and an air vent, this combined structure forming the subject matter of my present invention. This combined structure forms an overflow drain, and a bearing member for the operating plunger of the shear gate valve 20, the details of which are described in my copending application Serial No. 29,904, above referred to. The unit comprising the combined soap dish, drain, and air vent 2Q, may be secured to the upper end of the wall it by screws 25.

The combined bearing member 26 and overflow drain 21 above referred to, are shown as depressions in the cover plate 24 at or adjacent the opposite ends thereof. That intermediate portion of the cover plate 24 between the overflow drain and bearing member, may lie in substantially the same plane as the upper closed end of the wall l5. The upper surface thereof is depressed as indicated by the numeral 28, to form a receptacle for a cake of soap or other cleansing agent. The bottom of the depression is pro- Associated with the outlet 59 is a vided with a plurality of drain holes or slots 29 through which water or other liquid may flow into the outlet chamber I6. 7

My improved soap receptacle is thus practically an integral part of the sink structure, is preferably made from the same material, usually vitreous material, and is always self-draining into waste outlet. In addition, such receptacle, while maintaining the soap or other cleansing mate- 10 rial, always ready for use, may be as readily cleaned as the sink itself.

While I have necessarily shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, somewhat in detail, it is to be understood that I may vary the size, shape and arrangement of parts, as

well as the material thereof, comprising my device, Within relatively wide limits without departing from the spirit of the invention. I claim: .7 1. An improved combined soap receptacle and drain'therefor' comprising, a hollow wall structure for a double sink, said wall structure being open at the top and constituting a drain for the sink,

a cover for said open top of the wall structure provided with perforations adjacent to each end to permit flow of liquid from the sinksinto the drain, and a soap receptacle arranged between the said end perforations.

2. An improved combined soap receptacle and drain therefor comprising, a hollow wall structure for a double sink, said wall structure being open at the top and defining a drain for both of the sink elements, a cover for said open top provided with groups of perforations adjacent to each end to permit flow of liquid from the sinks into the drain, said groups of perforations acting as an overflow for the sinks, and a soap receptacle formed'integral with the cover, and arends for function as a self-draining soap receptacle. o

4. In combination with a sink having a lateral main drain controlled by a shear gate valve, a cover plate disposed above said main drain and provided with perforations communicating with 7 said main drain and functioning as an overflow drain, bearing means formed in the cover plate for the operating handle of the shear gate valve, and a soap receptacle formed in the cover plate at a level above that of the said perforations,said soap receptacle draining into the said main drain.

5. In combination with a double sink having'a hollow wall forming the outlet passage for Wastes from the component sinks, and having lateral outlets opening into the outlet passage and controlled by shear gate valves, a structure forming the top of the hollow Wall, said structure includ ing perforations functioning as an overflow drain, mutually spaced bearing structures for the reception of the operating handles of the saidshear gate valves, and a soap receptacle disposed between said bearing structures at a level above that of the said perforations and draining into said outlet passage.

WILLIAM C. GROENIGER. 

